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Getting Rid of Buttons to Prevent Inadvertent Input
In my other life, I fence with swords. My wife and I also run fencing tournaments. We are known for running a tight ship and keeping things moving along. I hate starting events late, and I hate events...
View ArticlePicking your Challenges – Luminance for Points
One of the things I’m learning as I’m settling into my #2520orBust challenge, is picking which challenges I’m going to tackle on DVLUP.com. You have to consider the requirements of the challenge and...
View ArticleCyan Developer Preview Update for Windows Phone 8.1 Enables SensorCore
I was happy to receive the latest Windows Phone 8.1 update on my 1520. This update brings it up to OS version: 8.10.14157.200 The SensorCore SDK gives you access to a step counter, activity...
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Windows Dev Center Registrations are now Non-Expiring
Late last year, Microsoft merged the developer accounts (Dev Center) for Windows Store and Windows Phone Store. For a single fee of $19/year (individuals) or $99/year (companies), developers could...
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Showing the device camera in Unity
Back in March I helped my Nokia buddies out with the DVLUP Days 2014 North American Tour in Dallas. During one of the sessions, I got introduced to Unity. From my numerous posts about XNA and most...
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Easy Two-color Effect on a Telerik Chart
I was recently asked to create a Telerik Chart (RadCartesianChart) with an AreaSeries. This chart had a Grid Line Annotation marking the series’ average value, and the designer wanted the stroke of the...
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Telerik UI for Windows Universal: Customizing the RadRating Control
I’m working on a project using the new Telerik UI for Windows Universal, specifically the Rating control. This control is highly customizable, supporting different shapes and symbols, and is...
View ArticleWindows Phone and MVVM Light: NavigationService and CanGoBack
MVVM Light is a simple yet powerful framework for developing apps, and with the latest version 5 includes a new cross-platform NavigationService to aid in abstracting the navigation component of your...
View ArticleAccessing the Unity Gyroscope
In my continuing desire to explore the capability of Unity accessing the device sensors, I’m exploring the gyroscope. The gyroscope is an instrument that is used to measure the change in rotation along...
View ArticleMicrosoft Band Sensors – Accelerometer & Gyroscope
Microsoft just released the Microsoft Band SDK Preview and I’m excited. Just like with any other electronic gadget, I’m interested in the sensors. The Band is stuffed full of sensors, but the first...
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Microsoft Band Skin Temperature Sensor
I’m continuing my Microsoft Band exploration by investigating the skin temperature sensor. Just like the pervious Band sensors I’ve already covered, the accelerometer and the ultraviolet sensors, the...
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Movies With for Windows Phone, Featuring Support for Cortana!
Just released to the Windows Phone store from Falafel Software, Movies With is an app for searching and discovering movies featuring your favorite actors. Saw a movie with a new actor you really...
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Crop, Blend (Watermark) Photos on Windows Phone 8.1 with the Lumia Imaging SDK
I recently needed the ability to combine two images on Windows Phone 8.1 (WinRT not Silverlight) so that one overlays the other, like a watermark. Because the watermark image was a fixed size and...
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Heart Rate Display with a Photon and a Microsoft Band
Those who know me, know I love sensors, and doing things with sensors. I’ve published many posts on accessing the various sensors on the Microsoft Band: Accelerometer & Gyroscope, Ultraviolet, Skin...
View ArticleEventBoard Official App of Microsoft MVP Summit
Falafel Software’s mobile conference solution EventBoard, has been chosen as the official application of the Microsoft MVP Summit. The Microsoft MVP Award is given to technical experts who actively...
View ArticleTelerik Tools Helped Deliver EventBoard on Time
Building our EventBoard mobile solution for conferences was no easy task. The solution includes native applications for iOS, Android, Windows Phone and Windows 8, Windows Azure cloud services, a web...
View ArticleJesse Liberty Joins Falafel Software
Tech influencer and former Microsoft and Telerik evangelist Jesse Liberty joins Falafel Software. Capitola, CA August 29, 2013 – Today, Falafel Software is proud to announce and welcome Jesse Liberty...
View ArticleFalafel Software and Apress Launch New Windows Phone 8 Book
Falafel Software and Apress Media team up to deliver a new book on Windows Phone 8 development. Capitola, CA September 3, 2013 – Falafel Software is pleased to announce that its latest book, “Pro...
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Surface Pro for Developers 13 Months Later
13 Months ago the original Surface Pro hit the stores, and I was one of the first in line to buy one. I quickly installed everything I needed to make it into one of my development machines and wrote a...
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First Look at Windows and Windows Phone 8.1 Universal Apps with Visual Studio...
Although I didn’t have the honor of attending Build this year (someday!!), I thought I’d do the next best thing and grab the latest bits and get my feet wet with the new Universal apps for Windows and...
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Porting a Windows App Studio Universal App to Android Using Xamarin
Microsoft’s App Studio is a fantastic tool to help you design and generate applications for Windows Phone as well as Universal Apps for both the phone and Windows. The online interface allows you to...
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Porting an App Studio Windows Phone 8 Silverlight Project to Android Using...
We last looked at how you can use Xamarin to port an App Studio Universal App to Android by making a few changes to the PCL that it generates. This time we’ll try to do the same thing with a Windows...
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Creating Device-Specific Properties in Cross-Platform Apps with Xamarin Forms
This is post 2 of 5 in the series “Azure Mobile Services and Xamarin” The previous post Cross-Platform Apps with Xamarin Forms and Azure Mobile Services demonstrated a simple Xamarin forms app to...
View ArticleFalafel Software Announces FalafelCon
Falafel Software is pleased to announce FalafelCon 2013, the new annual training conference for software developers. Capitola CA – 29th January, 2013 – Falafel Software’s new annual training...
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Falafel Strong Start To An Exciting 2013
Wow, I can’t believe 2012 is gone already, not only that, but January of 2013 is over. January has been a tremendous month for the company, the best January ever in the 10 years history of Falafel...
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